Kirk R. Manogue, PhD
Vice President
Director, Office of Technology Transfer

The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
350 Community Drive
Manhasset, NY 11030

Tel.: (516) 562-3404
Fax: (516) 562-2356
E-mail: kmanogue@nshs.edu

The Office of Technology Transfer is a service department that works with investigators within The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and North Shore-LIJ Health System to secure patent protection for their inventions. The office then facilitates commercial interactions, accelerating the development of basic and clinical research discoveries into products and services that will have an impact on human health and disease. In addition to developing licensing opportunities for Feinstein Institute inventions, the Office of Technology Transfer is particularly interested in cultivating new business ventures to exploit platform technologies conceived by Feinstein investigators. The Office is also responsible for contract compliance in the Institute’s commercial relationships.

Intellectual Property (IP) Management

• Manages a current portfolio of nearly 270 active patent cases covering 80 distinct technologies, including 90 issued U.S. and foreign patents
• Reviews invention disclosures and patentability assessments
• Designs and implements commercialization and development plans
• Enforces North Shore-LIJ Health System IP Policy and provides oversight for the North Shore-LIJ IP Committee
• Fulfills governmental invention reporting requirements

 
License and Sponsored Research Agreements

• Negotiates out-licensing agreements and Sponsored Research Agreements (SRAs) with commercial partners
• Negotiates and concludes Materials Transfer Agreements (MTAs) and Confidential Disclosure Agreements (CDAs)
• Monitors agreement compliance and revenue obligations of licensees and collaborating institutions
• Distributes royalty and sub-license income to Feinstein Institute and North Shore-LIJ inventors

 
New Venture Creation

• Identifies core technologies as new business platforms
• Establishes new business entities as vehicles for Technology Transfer
• Assists in business plan development 
• Fosters introductions for start-up companies to corporate and venture capital funding sources
• Administers equity management policies